FEM: Now, Mr. Cayce, you have before you the land of Mrs.
[...], situated in Lauderdale Co., Ala. western part of
County, Sections 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 16, 17, township 2,
Range 13, and you will tell us what are the possibilities in
minerals, their character and where located on this land.
EC: Yes we have these here, you see. We have had some of
these before. Now as to the mineral possibilities and the
mineral deposits we find there are several kinds of minerals
in these sections as given and others that join these that
might be developed to make the gain from such developments.
There we find iron, coal, some gold, some lead and silver.
The lead and silver are in the section as given here, of
seventeen (17), just in the edge of the ledge or the lead
would be from this as overlooks the ravines leading to the
river or the north and east side of this section. There
we would find sufficient of the land to pay for the mining
or run of the mineral and the silver, which would run from
Ninety to One Hundred and Ten Dollars a ton in handling.
This would be above the cost.
In the iron deposit, which we find more in section 9, to
the north and east edge of this section showing in the
edge of the ravine that runs northwest by southeast and on
the southernmost show of this ravine. This would be only
or commercial value when the manner of exportation was
more feasible. This might be developed after there were
ways prepared to remove other minerals from other forces
farther east and south from this.
As for the coal, this we find in the south and west in
section 3. This is very good but transportation facilities
would be of some trouble of making it of commercial worth.
In sections 15 and 14, we would find the oil, you see, as we
have had before.
(Q) In what section can the gold be found?
(A) In the same runs as find of silver, you see. That is
not of commercial use if the other is not used. Would be
necessary to use with the arsenic solution in extracting the
gold, so as to make the gold run, you see, which would make
the commercial use too expensive to be of commercial value
except run with the silver or lead. The silver and lead are
the best values on this property as given. See, Ninety to
One Hundred Dollars a ton would be very good of ore run.
That is above the run of lead, which valuation would probably
run Nine to Fifteen Dollars a ton, which would pay for
the mining of all, you see, and though it would not be
extractable after first run of lead, then rerun for silver,
Core method would be used in running of silver, while as to
the run of gold would be by chemical method.
(Q) Have you anything else to say regarding the minerals on
this land?
(A) Might be a great deal more said, but just do these if we
would make it of commercial worth. Recent flood in the lower
district of the valley, have not been so far away from where
we would find the entrance to the lead and silver, see. We
are through.
BACKGROUND
See
4416-1 and
4416-2.
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